29 Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you twenty years old or more(A)—because you have complained about me.

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29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall(A)—every one of you twenty years old or more(B) who was counted in the census(C) and who has grumbled against me.

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35 I, the Lord, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against me.(A) They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”(B)

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35 I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things(A) to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.(B)

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14 Anyone born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.(A)

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14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)

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For all our days ebb away under your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.(A)

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All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.(A)

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“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”(A)
What does a person gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?(B)

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“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”(A)

What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(B)

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